Example sentences of "[pron] have [to-vb] [pers pn] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had to give her a little reminder now and then , to stop her attempting to fly off into the wide blue yonder , by gently pulling the leash , but within two days she was coming to me just as willingly as she had on the straight creance . |
| 2 | I had to give him a bloody week ! |
| 3 | Sometimes he grunted at me as if trying to get me to say something , but always I had to give him the same classroom answer : ‘ Ich verstehe nicht . ’ |
| 4 | I have to give it an important-sounding name . |
| 5 | Head and shoulders , knees and toes , knees and toes , head and shoulders , knees and toes , knees and toes , and eyes and ears and mouth and nose , head and shoulders , knees and toes , me and he , I have to do it a little bit faster |
| 6 | I have to tell you the terrible things I thought about you when I stumbled into that nursery , part of the rooms you had locked away from me . |
| 7 | But if they would work no more and no faster than the job required , they would work no slower and no less : nobody had to give them a special incentive to give of their best . |
| 8 | So she had to do it the slow way . |
| 9 | By shutting this door to exclude fear , even if you have to do it a million times , you are making the statement that you decide not to let that thought feed on your life 's energy . |
| 10 | Willie ‘ O ’ is a bit stronger and a lot younger than Mick so you have to give him a slight edge when it comes to form and fitness . |
| 11 | If you choose me then you have to tell me the whole truth — who your accomplice is . |
| 12 | Yeah , so you have to make them the same . |
| 13 | Sounds an exciting trip , really fabulous trip , and it will mean of course , seeing you will be li live on air , that we have to give you a little audition , so the finalists , have to be prepared to do an audition with me , live on air , just before Christmas . |
| 14 | It 's my party cos I 'm gon na stand at the door and everybody has to give me a big french kiss when they come in the door ! |
| 15 | to get rid of the abscess , oh god it was painful , it really was , in fact I had it once , I had a load of penicillin , did n't finish the penicillin and it came back again and they had to give me a stronger drug then for five days |
| 16 | they 'd take a piece with them and that was all they had to sustain them the whole day . |
| 17 | Er a pair of shoes if you bought it had to last you a long long time . |
| 18 | When he opened it moths flew out and he had to give it a good clean to get rid of the cobwebs and years of dust that had settled inside . |